Max Q (Australian band)

Max Q
Origin Melbourne, Australia
Genres Synthpop, pop rock
Years active 1989–1990
Labels Atlantic, CBS, Mercury
Associated acts INXS, Orchestra of Skin and Bone, Whirlywirld
Past members Michael Hutchence
Ollie Olsen
Arne Hanna
Michael Sheridan
Bill McDonald
Gus Till
John Murphy

Max Q was an Australian band formed in 1989. Playing electronic music, the band was a collaboration between Michael Hutchence of INXS and Ollie Olsen (Whirlywirld, Dogs in Space soundtrack).[1][2]

Biography

Max Q consisted of Hutchence (vocals and songwriting) and Olsen (songwriting and production), who were accompanied by key members of the post-punk scene in Melbourne, Australia; most of whom had previously collaborated with Olsen. The project followed on from Hutchence and Olsen's work on the film, Dogs in Space, where they had first met.

Max Q released its sole self-titled album in 1989 and had minor hits with the songs "Sometimes" (originally recorded by Olsen with Orchestra Of Skin And Bone) and "Way of the World". The album was more critically acclaimed than commercially successful, and has gone out of print and never been re-issued. The band never performed any live shows.[3]

Name

While the project was named after Ollie Olsen's dog Max,[4] "Max Q" is also an aerospace term referring to the point at which the dynamic pressure (Q) on a launch vehicle is greatest. Consequently, there is another band called Max Q which consists of astronauts assigned to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Band members

In a 1989 interview, Hutchence revealed his perspective on the Max Q musicians:

Ollie isn't supposed to hang around with pop stars and I'm not supposed to hang around with punk types. The band is made up of rowdy friends from Melbourne. These guys are good musicians who've never had a chance. Most of them have never even been in a studio. These are real underground people who don't have any money. Some of them have never been on a plane before. They were worried that working with me, they'd lose their underground status.[5]

Additional musicians

Discography

Albums

"Max Q" – AUS #13,[6] NZ #27,[7] UK #69[8]

Japanese bonus tracks

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
AUS
[6]		 NZ
[7]		 UK
[8]		 US
Mod. Rock
1989 "Way of the World" 8 5 87 6 Max Q
"Sometimes" 31 37 53 —
1990 "Monday Night by Satellite" 107 — — —

References

  1. ↑ Trevor Block (31 July 2009). "Richard Lowenstein". Mess+Noise. Mess+Noise p/l. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. ↑ RarebirdNine (1999–2012). "Michael Hutchence". Rarebird's Rock and Roll Rarity Reviews. RarebirdNine. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Official Michael Hutchence Memorial Website
  4. ↑ Dan Jones. "The Max Q Story". michaelhutchence.org. michaelhutchence.org/maxq. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  5. ↑ Dennis Hunt (30 September 1989). "INXS' Hutchence Rejects Rock Star Image". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  6. 1 2 Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
  7. 1 2 "charts.nz.org > Max Q in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Official Charts Company > Max Q". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

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